The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the award on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were facing possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from concerts in big venues backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When Pulp won the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her prize between multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that supported their act, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "stakes" in the properties.
